CVE-2021-24966
Error Log Viewer Plugin <= 1.1.1 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Clearing
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder
- Record
CVE-2021-24966- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Error Log Viewer Plugin <= 1.1.1 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Clearing
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder
- Record
CVE-2021-24966- Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11878 No score
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder
- Record
EUVD-2021-11878- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6x4q-qqxj-h82w
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to...
The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder
- Record
GHSA-6x4q-qqxj-h82w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin Error Log Viewer 1.1.1 - Arbitrary File Clearing (Authenticated) | 2022-02-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24966 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Bestwebsoft Error Log Viewer, published March 14, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.19%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.